DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - Jan 4, 2013) - Guaranty Bancorp (NASDAQ: GBNK), a Colorado-based, community bank holding company, announced it has submitted redemption notices to the trustee for the following trust preferred securities:

(i)

All $10.0 million of the outstanding 10.6% trust preferred securities of CenBank Statutory Trust Capital I ("CenBank Trust I"), which will be redeemed March 7, 2013, and

(ii)

All $5.0 million of the outstanding 10.2% trust preferred securities of CenBank Statutory Trust Capital II ("CenBank Trust II"), which will be redeemed February 22, 2013.

The trust preferred securities are callable on the redemption dates specified above at the option of the company. The redemptions will be funded with available cash. The annual interest savings associated with these two trust preferred securities is approximately $1.6 million. Each of the CenBank Trust I and CenBank Trust II trust preferred securities will be redeemed at a price equal to 104.24% and 104.08% of the liquidation amount of $1,000 per trust preferred security, respectively, plus all accrued and unpaid distributions to the respective redemption dates.

Paul W. Taylor, Guaranty Bancorp's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are pleased to be redeeming these high-cost securities early for the favorable impact we expect on our net income, earnings per share, cost of funds, return on assets and return on equity."

Prior to redemption, these two securities were treated as Tier 1 Capital for regulatory reporting purposes. The company's pro forma capital ratios, taking into account the redemption of these two securities as of September 30, 2012, are as follows:

Actual

Pro Forma

Ratios

Ratios

Total Capital Ratio

16.46

%

15.39

%

Tier 1 Risk Based Capital Ratio

15.20

%

14.13

%

Leverage Ratio

12.16

%

11.35

%

About Guaranty Bancorp

Guaranty Bancorp is a bank holding company that operates 28 branches in Colorado through a single bank, Guaranty Bank and Trust Company. The bank provides banking and other financial services including real estate, construction, commercial and industrial, energy, consumer and agricultural loans throughout its targeted Colorado markets to consumers and small to medium-sized businesses, including the owners and employees of those businesses. The bank also provides wealth management services including private banking, investment management and trust services. More information about Guaranty Bancorp can be found at www.gbnk.com.

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